Coyle, who was appointed as Clarets boss in November, has set about lowering the average age of the squad, and hailed chairman Barry Kilby and Operational Director Brendan Flood for sharing his vision.

Often managers have not been given time and space to implement such an overhaul, investing in youth and allowing it to flourish, and the 42-year-old admitted: "The owners know what we're trying to do, and if we can get it done, it will serve the club in the future.

"I have an obligation to make sure this club runs well for years to come.

"This league is notorious for its turnover of managers.

"But if I'd spent money on a quick fix, we'd soon be back to the same starting point.

"The club lost £4m. last year, and that couldn't go on.

"We decided that what money we did have, we'd invest it in younger players.

"They're capable of playing right now in the Championship, but they'll get better and will grow together.

"We'll have a vibrant team who will be assets, as opposed to us spending money that would depreciate."

Coyle has brought in the likes of Martin Paterson, Chris Eagles, Kevin McDonald and Diego Penny, to add to Chris McCann, Jay Rodriguez and other young prospects such as Alex MacDonald and Adam Kay, and has shown you can achieve results while also building for the future.

Other colleagues were not so lucky, however, as Craig Levein found out at Leicester City.

Levein, now Dundee United boss and director of football, was sacked by the Foxes after a poor start to the season, which left the club languishing third from bottom in the Championship.

Levein was trying to rebuild a club recently relegated from the Premiership, but Coyle said: "Craig was working under different circumstances at Leicester.

"He had to get rid of top players on big salaries.

"There's no doubt Craig's a top boss, he was just really unlucky.

"Leicester had a great run under him, getting to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

"He did a great job there but wasn't given the time and I certainly hope I'm given that."